Isn't it unfair to make non christians use the B.C./A.D. system, or is USA the only country to use it?

A lot of textbooks, at least at the college level, now use "B.C.E." (Before Common Era) instead of BC. Most of my non-Christian classmates think it's quite silly.





Also, it is of course unfair to all people who do not practice early Norse religion to use words such as "Thursday" and "Friday", which originated from the names of Norse gods Thor and Freya. Obviously.

Isn't it unfair to make non christians use the B.C./A.D. system, or is USA the only country to use it?
The premise of this question strikes me as odd, given that THE WHOLE FRICKIN' WORLD uses BC/AD except the Chinese and some muslim countries. And even in countries that do use other systems, they also use the international system.





There is no serious effective competing date system. None, nada. Report It

Reply:Oh, WHO CARES!!!


Jesus, you have no problem with cursing, do you?


When you go to court do you swear on a textbook?


And give back all the Christmas gifts you got too.





If it's that damned important to you, sorry, if it's that golly important to you, then just make up your own system and try to force it on everyone else.
Reply:I don't really think about it. So tell me, if it is unfair, what system would you suggest we use? I am not a Christian, I am a spiritualist.





Colour me stupid... I didn't know there were other ways. I just always thought it was BC/AD. Thanks for the education!
Reply:Who's making anyone use it? You're free to use whichever you want...and for the most part, the scientific and academic communities primarily don't use it. They use BCE and CE instead.





I don't use it either, opting instead for BCE and CE also.
Reply:Its quite a standard used internationally.





However in some countries, people do keep their own calendar systems and co-exist with the julian calendar without problem.
Reply:More than that, why do US still use fahrenheit? miles? inches?


What could be more simple than 100 celcius= boiling point/0c=freezing, 100mm=1m, etc?


BC/AD system works fine with me, instead of Showa/Heisei years they use in Japan.
Reply:you can't please everyone dear.
Reply:"The next olympic games will be held in japan starting sdfhfsdfday in year 46362 rt. why bother yourself to convert the date to your own date
Reply:No, it's just a timetable.
Reply:it was used only for time table no religious part or what so ever behind that...
Reply:It is not universal. The Chinese, the Jews and the Muslims all number the year differently from the one you are familiar with. So 2000 as a millennium year was meaningless to them.





Would you says it is fair on non-Nordic people to use days of the week whose names are based on Nordic Gods (Wodin's day, Thor's day, Freia's day)?





And is it fair on non-Roman people to use names of months based on Latin numbering, and two Roman emperors (Julius and Augustus Caesar) and two Roman Gods (Janus and Mars)?

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